. >>> vice president joe biden will team up with google for a chat about gun control. biden will answer questions for about 30 minutes on the new policy recommendations to reduce gun violence. the white house has planned numerous ones during his second term. it starts the 1:45 p.m. eastern time, and the name is a 21st century update of president franklin roosevelt's famous fire side chats on the radio. here's nbc meteorologist bill karins with the forecast. it's cold. >> just depends where you are. people down in texas walking around in shorts. let's show you the highs yesterday. talk about a nation divided. you look at areas in southern portions of texas to florida were in the 70s yesterday. beautiful weather, all the way up to denver. but then the really cold stuff. minneapolis to chicago. then take a look at what happened in northern new england. burlington, vermont, had a high temperature of 1 degree. what's amazing, lake champlain isn't frozen yet. it's actually been a very mild winter. this is what happens when you have 1 degree temperatures over the water. amazi